Five quick questions
by John Berkowitz on Aug 11, 2010 10:46 AM PDT
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Can the Washington defense stop anyone?
Everyone nationally is sold on the offense but can the defense continue to improve with an influx of young talent?
To assess Washington's prospects based solely on the quality of its quarterback is to declare the Huskies the Pac-10 favorite, for Jake Locker is as good as they come in college football. The Huskies will score, but will they stop anybody? As good as he is, Locker can't do much standing on the sideline.
Jake Heaps was 10/11, 86 yds, 2 TDs, 1 int during day three of camp for the Cougars. He is competing with Riley Nelson for the starting job who was 4/6, 63 yds, 3 TDs; 6 rushes, 48 yds. Looks like Riley is a little more mobile but reports coming out of Provo say Heaps is throwing the ball well.
With players in "shells" (helmets/shoulder pads) for the first time, QBs Jake Heaps and Riley Nelson each threw a pair of touchdown passes in "Blue Zone" drives that began at the opposition 20-yard line; a fifth blue zone series was led by James Lark and ended with Bryan Kariya taking a handoff from the three-yard line for what would have resulted in a touchdown under game conditions.
Which Husky veterans improved the most in the off season?
Several Huskies used a strong spring to catapult themselves into the thick of the battle for starting jobs when fall camp opened this week.
When it comes to playing time, the most opportunities appear to be on the defensive line. While Sarkisian continues to be impressed with prized freshman Sione Potoa'e, veterans like Matthews and Ta'amu have done their best to hold him off. Ta'amu has lost 25 pounds since the end of last season, thanks to a little extra motivation from the coaching staff, and now he's No. 1 on the depth chart at the nose guard position. "I only have two years left (at UW), and the coaches asked me what I wanted to be remembered here as," said Ta'amu, who now weighs 325 pounds. "So I worked toward that. I have a family, and I want to take care of them."
Who is going to be the starting QB at Oregon?
This is going to be a battle that may last into the season. Fr QB Bryan Bennett is also getting a long look during camp because Kelly insists he will play this year.
"There's no question Jeremiah was a dynamic guy with the ball in his hands,'' Greatwood said. "Are (Costa and Thomas) Jeremiah? No. But I think Darron is a faster guy, a bigger guy, who can probably do as many things downfield. I think Nate's been as good a decision-maker as there is. Whoever ends up being the guy there, they're both going to have their strengths, and we'll look at, adjust and adapt and give them a shot to make the same plays that Jeremiah did.''
Will Washington State be better in 2010?
The Coug's will be improved but they are extremely young.
Two days into camp and it’s obvious this Washington State football team is better than its counterparts from the past two years. It’s bigger in spots it needs to be bigger. It’s stronger in spots it needs to be stronger. It’s faster most everywhere. But all that comes with a caveat...
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My answers to the questions:
Can the Washington defense stop anyone?
- I think their is potential there. the secondary should be just fine. I think the interior defensive front will be able to hold its own. The question mark on defense to me is on the perimeter of the L.O.S. The DEs are talented but raw and lack game experience.
Will Jake Heaps start at QB for BYU against Washington?
- Depends on if the upper classmen ahead of him has a better understanding of the offense. I think at some point this season, Heaps will become the starter. But will he start vs. Washington to open the season? I don’t think so, unless the guy ahead of him is awful. It would be difficult to begin the season vs. a BCS school with a true freshman at the helm.
Which Husky veterans improved the most in the off season?
- I couldn’t tell you, haven’t been to any practices. But if I were hopeful, I would hope that Cort Dennison has improved his tackling. Dennison is a ruthless LB and has a lot of potential to be special. Last season he looked good in pursuit, but he relied on collision type tackling instead of lowering the blow and wrapping up. I would like to see him become a tackling machine in the middle. But to become that he has to start wrapping up ball carriers so they can’t escape. That happened quite a bit last season, we can’t have that this year.
Who is going to be the starting QB at Oregon?
- Not sure, but I would guess the guy that can run the Kelly spread the best and be the most effective.
Will Washington State be better in 2010?
- Yes. Instead of winning 1 game, the Cougs will win 3. Wulff will be fired before Christmas.
All I saw was purple
Will Washington State be better in 2010?
- Yes. Instead of winning 1 game, the Cougs will win 3. Wulff will be fired before Christmas.
If they win 3, Wulff won’t be fired.
by Brian Floyd on Aug 11, 2010 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions
I don't see three on the schedule
But even just beating MSU and getting better should hold his job. Moos is backing him pretty solid right?
by B Money on Aug 11, 2010 11:55 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
As far as I can tell
The common thought is a new AD wants to bring in his own guys. Moos was one of the guys that recommended Wulff, though.
As for the schedule, I see the same thing.
by Brian Floyd on Aug 11, 2010 12:00 PM PDT up reply actions
1-1-3
If Wulff goes from 1 win in year 1, to 1 win in year 2, to 3 wins in year 3 would that be enough to save his job? I think if I were the AD, even though I recommended Wulff for the job, I still have to consider terminating his contract. Football is the money maker in college athletics and the No.1 priority for an AD is to see to it that the stadium is filled. A 3 win season in year 3 won’t see that happen. Moos will have a big decision after the season. I think Wulff needs to win at least 4 games and show the team can compete in the ones they lose in order to save his job.
All I saw was purple
It's important to realize what he started with
This isn’t a 3 year rebuilding process, it’s a complete overhaul and ground-up building process.
sure...
…but how many years can WSU football afford to not be competitive before they risk falling into a long-term, Oregon State from ‘72-’96 style pit?
Which is why I want to see if the process is correct
My gut feeling is that it is. He’s recruiting well — again, for WSU — and is getting players to buy-in to what he’s selling. For a coach on the “hot seat”, he’s sitting on something like 11 verbals and has some talent in the class of 2011. I feel like the off-field stuff is there, but we’ll see if the on-field stuff will come around this eyar.
He's done a splendid job getting athletes to Pullman
none of them are world beaters (Dunn is I suppose), but it looks like some Pac-10 athleticisim. I’m not sold on Wulff the gameplanner, and Wulff the “coach”, but it’s undeniable that he’s getting much more talented kids there then Doba did at the end of his tenure.
Agreed. It's all about what he can do on Saturdays and if he's grown as a coach
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
I get the 5 year process like John indicated
But you also have to show progress in the process. Ty didn’t show progress and the kids were not physically nor mentally ready for satudays and our records reflected that.
I believe it is important to put trust into a head coach. But it’s a fine line between keeping the job and losing if if progress is not forthcoming. Both UW and WSU hit rock bottom talent wise a few years ago. But Sark was able to take a beaten team that lacked some Pac 10 talent in many positions on the field and turned that into 5 wins. To me that is remarkable. How did he get it done? He started with getting every kid to buy into the system, he concentrated on player development, and he began his first recruiting class going after kids that could play significant roles on special teams. Those types of kids not only help in field position on special teams but they add tremendous depth, while you are developing players ahead of them.
If WSU wins 3 games or less and kids are quitting on Wulff on saturdays, I think a change will be needed. You can’t keep your job if kids quit on saturdays no matter the score … that’s how I see it anyway.
All I saw was purple
So as long as some progress is visible this season, he should return. Would a significant improvement in the win column be a requirement for 2011 for the Cougs for Wulff to continue at the helm? With this being year 4 of his tenure, there’s got to be some pressure to decide whether to extend him – hard to imagine that his recruiting efforts won’t be hampered if he goes into year 5 with no extension…
I'm sure that his recruits know that he's on the hotseat right now
so I can’t imagine it could get a ton harder.
He's only in year 3
So this is the year you’d expect to see something. It may not come in the form of wins, but not getting throttled in the first quarter and being out of the games by halftime would help his cause.
This Thing Can...
…in reality, snowball downhill in a hurry. Trust me we had Willingham! We know all about it!
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D'oh
Right. Next year is when the contract situation would start to get a little more serious in terms of “does he get extended or not”, which I expect wouldn’t be addressed until well into the 2011 season (if they’re doing well).
Correct
This will be the first year he has a full class (not a quick one assembled before signing day) in the program and redshirted. Year 3 is typically the year where you start to see what’s working and what isn’t.
Good Point John!
It takes time to rebuild, especially if you’re wsu, you have to take your lumps for a few years.
Washington Husky Football-"Hear the bark, feel the bite!"
That is correct
But by year 3 I should be able to see suttle improvement, especially since you have installed your system and you recruited a lot of JCs towards your system. I’m not talking about a winning season for WSU. But you have to put forth effort on game day and you have to win more then one game. If WSU wins 1 game for the 3rd straight season, what do you guys think? Does Wulff keep his job?
All I saw was purple
So you are suggesting that WSU should continue the course of losing 11 games a season until the freshmen are seniors. Look I don’t expect miracles from a coach, but at some point you have to string together a few victories. 1 victory a season for three straight seasons isn’t good enough even for Coug standards. Keep highlighting my irrelevent points the main part of my arguement is that he has to show something in year 3, because another 1 win season just isn’t good enough. That’s not a lot to ask from those Cougar fans- is it?
All I saw was purple
I'm not ignoring your point
I just wrote a fairly extensive post about it and am tired of thinking about it. You’re oversimplifying the situation and I don’t think you fully understand what’s going on at WSU.
Mike Price had little and produced rather quickly
The Wulff hire reflects the Price hire. Both came from Big Sky programs (Eastern and Weber St.). Is CougNation comparing Wulff to Price? That I don’t know, but Price got his program up and running pretty quickly if you ask me.
Like many Coug fans, I am not thrilled with his vision of a fast break spread offense. That offense requires talented athletes across the board. Can WSU effectively recruit that many talent athletes consistently? That’s yet to be seen. As of now he appears to be doing a pretty good job of that and I know it takes time.
One reason why the Price offense was successful in recruiting, on the field, and in the win/loss column was because of the system. It required one great talent at QB. Ever wonder why WSU has a remarkable history of great QBs? It was all about the one great QB. Price just put pieces around the QB in order to make it fit.
Price took a page from MLB and built his offensive philosophy around it. In baseball a pitcher can take over a game w/ a dominant fastball, change up, slider, and curve. Price banked on that theory for most of his time coming up thru WSU. It got to the point that it became easier to recruit talent around his star QBs, simply because WSU had a face recruits could see.
The problem I see with Wulff’s offense is that it doesn’t have a face. You can’t sell something that doen’st have face value. As of now Wuff’s offense looks and appears to be a grab bag. Wulff may know what he is doing, but the players in the offense look lost.
If Coug fans want to give Wulff the 5 years, then hey go for it. But I’m willing to bet Wulff is not the guy to lead the charge.
All I saw was purple
Huh?
This is where I tell you to do research before talking.
Mike Price had little and produced rather quicklyWrong. The team was 9-3 the year before he took over and wasn’t in the same shape.
Like many Coug fans, I am not thrilled with his vision of a fast break spread offense.This isn’t the offense he runs and it’s apparent you are just talking sideways.
One reason why the Price offense was successful in recruiting, on the field, and in the win/loss column was because of the system. It required one great talent at QB.Great QBs grow on trees, right? I guess that talent he had on defense didn’t much matter either, so we should probably discount it.
Your assessment of the systems they run is wrong. Your assessment Wulff can’t recruit because he doesn’t have a “face” is wrong. I don’t know where you’re going, but it’s not the right direction.
Not buying it- but that's okay
fast break offense = no huddle spread offense, it’s the exact same thing w/ different terminology.
Many of the coug fans I know are not happy with the direction of the program under Wulff. But they know Jim Sterk made a bad hire and really can’t get out of the contract for economic reasons. Me? I really could careless. I’m speaking as a distant observer of your program on a Husky blog site. Ask Mike Price one question the next time you see him. Ask him if having a marque name like Drew Bledsoe, Ryan Leaf, or a Jason Gesser help in regards to recruiting. I"m willing to go out on a limb and say that Price would say “Hell yeah”. A marque QB (name) will sell itself a lot of times simply because skill players and O linemen want to play with them. The name Jake Locker comes to mind.
From this Husky fan’s perspective- under Mike Price Washington State had a face. Translation: they were relevent on the West Coast. One reason I believe is due to the history of finding great pro style QBs in obscure places (Price was really good at finding them). Jeff Tuel and the other misfit QBs the Cougs have or have had under Wulff actually could be consider WAC or Big Sky talent.
Regardless I could careless given that I am a Husky fan and this is a Husky blog. I see it thru purple sunglasses. And John you are correct, you do need talent across the board. But to me Wulff doesn’t have that one key piece to the puzzle to build around. Wulff’s recruiting efforts, to me, reflect his style of offense. Not only do I think he is grab bagging offensively, I think he is grab bagging in regards to recruiting. Done here. cougfan you might know more about Wulff and the Cougs then I do, and that’s okay. Let’s keep in mind that I am a Husky fan, who doesn’t pretend to think I know what I am talking about when it comes to the Cougs. If I’m wrong then I can live with that. In the end Wulff’s product is awful.
All I saw was purple
Not, you're absolutely, incredibly wrong
fast break offense = no huddle spread offense, it’s the exact same thing w/ different terminology.
Again, you have no idea what you’re talking about. Fast break is the last term I’d use to describe the offense. No-huddle does not necessarily mean fast.
Ask him if having a marque name like Drew Bledsoe, Ryan Leaf, or a Jason Gesser help in regards to recruiting.Riddle me this, Batman. How many of these names were big before they got to WSU?
From this Husky fan’s perspective- under Mike Price Washington State had a face.Really? Because they were winning. They also had a “gimmick, grab bag offense”.
Let’s keep in mind that I am a Husky fan, who doesn’t pretend to think I know what I am talking about when it comes to the CougsThen don’t spout off if you have no idea. You come in making assumptions, but have no clue what you’re talking about. If you do that, you’re going to get called on it every single time.
Riddle me this, Batman. How many of these names were big before they got to WSU?
Bledsoe was a big-time recruit, one of the few in-state studs that DJ didn’t land during his time at the UW.
Correct
Gesser was a kid from Hawaii that was undersized and Leaf was from the middle of nowhere in Montana.
Out of the 3, Bledsoe was probably the prize (recruiting records from back before 2000 aren’t great), but was the only one of the 3 not to make a Rose Bowl. Still had a hell of a 3 years statistics wise.
Bledsoe
I remember reading about Bledsoe and his recruitment in the papers back then (which was unusual in those days), and I’m betting he had offers from all the big west coast programs and possibly some national programs, similar to guys like Chandler, Hobert and the Huards. He was definitely big-time as a recruit.
The other guys, yeah – probably 3-star guys in today’s recruiting parlance.
I figured Bledsoe was the high caliber guy
Also helped he was in WSUs backyard.
by Brian Floyd on Aug 12, 2010 5:29 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
Bledsoe's dad was a Husky
Bledsoe going to WSU was all about early playing time.
by John Berkowitz on Aug 12, 2010 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions
He was a true frosh in 1990, meaning he would’ve been battling a RS-So Mark Brunell and a RS-Fr Billy Joe Hobert for playing time had he picked the UW. That could very well have been a significant factor.
I also think, being a kid from Walla Walla, that he just felt more at home in Pullman than in Seattle.
Washington QB's
Not to get too off-topic, but think about the list of H.S. QB’s this state has produced over the years (and I’m sure I’ll miss quite a few):
1978(?): Tom Flick
1979: Steve Pelluer
1982(?): Mark Rypien
1983: Chris Chandler
1986: Cary Conklin
1989: Billy Joe Hobert
1990: Drew Bledsoe
1991: Damon Huard
1995: Brock Huard
1997: Marques Tuiasosopo
1998: Jared Jones
2006: Jake Locker
2009: Jake Heaps
Pretty amazing stretch there in the ’80’s, and a significant reason for DJ’s success at the UW, landing nearly all of them.
Wow...
I just don’t know where to start…lol.
It is no huddle offense not a fast break offense.
What successful offense doesn’t need talented athletes across the board?
by John Berkowitz on Aug 12, 2010 11:49 AM PDT up reply actions
WSU is actually on the right course…check in two years from now.
by John Berkowitz on Aug 11, 2010 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I wasn't around here during the Willingham era.
I’m curious, John, what you said heading into year 2 and 3 when he was the coach. The stuff being written about Wulff and the Cougs this year (and last, really) sounds exactly like what was said about the direction of the program in 2006 and 2007.
I agree that the Cougs have major talent issues. But they have problems that go way beyond that as well. They’re still a fundamentally unsound team in some of the most basic football actions. Some of the progress that’s being cited by Grippi and others (“We don’t have to stop drills this year to explain to the players how to do it correctly”) is the kind of growth in milimeters that bad coaches and enabling fans rely on to prop up a losing situation.
Good coaches elevate the play of their teams, regardless of the inate talent on it. That was the biggest problem Willingham had. It’s the same thing I see with Wulff.
I was trying to be optimistic heading into year two and three, but after the loss to Stanford following the “Suddenly Senior” debacle the writing was on the wall that Willingham wasn’t going to make it.
Good coaches elevate the play of their teams, regardless of the innate talent on it. That was the biggest problem Willingham had.
Spot on…I don’t think any of us have any idea of how bad things had become internally.
It’s the same thing I see with Wulff.
I want to see what Wulff can do this season with a decent QB and a full roster of players.
by John Berkowitz on Aug 12, 2010 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I want to see what Wulff can do this season with a decent QB and a full roster of players.
I don’t think there’s any doubt he’ll look better with better talent. Any coach would. But that doesn’t address the things that aren’t talent-related. If I was a Coug fan, I’d be looking for fundamental things that are basic to even high school football. Just like Willingham, I think Wulff is so focused on talent and scheme that he doesn’t even get his players to do the prerequisite stuff that’s necessary for a good performance.
I think that is a real good possibility…but like I said…after this season everyone will know for sure.
by John Berkowitz on Aug 12, 2010 2:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Money line
If I was a Coug fan, I’d be looking for fundamental things that are basic to even high school football.
That’s what we’re looking for.
Those are things you should see in year one, though.
I wasn’t clear in my post – the fact that you didn’t see those improvements immediately, and didn’t see them in year two, and are hoping to see them in year three, says to me that Wulff is having a tough time eliciting performance from his players.
Nobody expects him to turn chicken sh!t into chicken salad over night. But so far, he hasn’t even been able to turn it into a bologna sandwich on stale Wonderbread.
To me, he’s a “next year” coach. Next year’s always the one….
Agreed John
I think it is important to see if Wulff can turn some sort of corner this season. If the Cougs can string together a few wins (around 3), and if the Cougs can stay competitive and not quit by halftime as they have been doing. Then yeah, it would seem to me that Wulff has turned some sort of corner.
But my arguement is simple, I don’t think Wulff is going to get that done this year and that is the ultimate reason I said initially that Wulff would be fired by Christmas. Does Bill Moos have the patients for Wulff’s freshmen to become seniors? I’m not sure.
I want to see what Wulff can do this season with a decent QB
That part I don’t agree with. I have a feeling Jeff Tuel is another Ronnie Fouch. Decent QB but I don’t think he a Pac 10 caliber QB- just my opinon. Maybe Wulff, Tuel, and the rest of the Cougs prove me wrong. If they do I’m really okay with that. Because I am sick of watching the oregon schools ahead of both washington schools.
All I saw was purple
Wulff
The Cougs I am around day to day seem pretty mad at him. I think it is somewhat unfair because he inherited a flat tire of a team that do nothing Doba left him.
Having said that, their patience is particularly short given that the coach of the rival team, who inherited a similarly poor performing steaming pile of a team, has his program turned around.
Sark didn't inherit a pile of a team
I still contend the 2008 team was at least a 3 win team….until Locker went down. Sark had talent on the roster when he came in. It just took a new face and some health to bring it out.
On the flipside, WSU did not. We’re missing almost 2 full recruiting classes of players from 2005 and 2006. There was almost literally nothing there.
Agreed
Look at the BYU game (sorry, not bringing it up to pour salt on the wounds). UW went to the wire with a legit top 25 team. I have no doubt that UW not only would’ve won a game, but that they would’ve won multiple games. Who knows, maybe going 0-fer was for the best, though.
Agreed in part
We had some talent, but we lacked sigificant Pac 10 talent in many positions and our depth was awful. More importantly the offseason conditioning under Ty was a joke. Our kids looks fat and slow almost exclusively across the board.
Finally we would’ve lost a lot of games due to lack of game management, we were running an offense (spread) that we didn’t have a clue what we were doing, and we were playing too many true freshmen that weren’t prepared or mature enough for the spotlight. Ty was gone regardless…
All I saw was purple
Yes...but the talent was there to win 5+ games until Stanford.
These are two entirely different cases…Wulff got next to nothing…Sark got Locker/Kearse/Aguilar/Polk and a satisfactory O-Line.
You gotta realize that a large portion of the Offense are Ty’s personnel. 2008 was the perfect storm, which is why none of us were suprised by last years results.
Yeah The Recruiting...
…at Washington was still pretty darn strong give the circumstance. That’s a big advantage. If I remember correctly Hugh Millen made the comment that if you look back to those years, Washington’s classes were consistently rated higher than Oregon State. The difference is obviously two fold talent evaluation and player development.
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Let's not forget the mess that Ty inherited.
He did some good things in terms of recruiting and clearing deadweight from the program. However, his preparation and game day management sucked. This is where I see similarities with Wulff. Thus my advice to Coug nation: don’t wait too long
Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
Conditioning?
A few days ago JB had a quote that the QB could out bench and squat his linemen. That should never be true, even if your QB is Chuck Norris.
Gosh! NO!!!!
That’s insane! That means you have some seriously weak athletes! Although having said that Jake is pretty damn stout and not the smallest guy in the world. Pound for pound he is VERY strong! When he’s coming at you with that speed of his it’s more like a fast TE. I don’t have to educate you guys on physics do I? Speed generates way more kinetic force than size. Of course that’s comparing similarly size objects.
Crazi I don’t want to slam you. You’ve been slammed enough as it is but I feel like my post is getting really too long!
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in a sick way, yeah
Who knows, maybe going 0-fer was for the best, though.
I don’t think the team needed to go winless, but a poor season was required to make it clear to the remaining holdouts that Ty was a horrible fit for Washington and needed to go. Too bad (for Husky fans) it took one more year than it should have, and that year was such a colossal failure, but it finally did the trick. And maybe Sark will prove to be worth the agony.
I hate that our Owen will hang on us forver...
but I’m glad we got Sark. I’m not sure how many young, energetic, recruiting focused coaches were available after the 2007 season. Even if things go a bit south and he gets run out in a few years…his style is exactly what was needed to turn things around, and we’ll be in a better place then we were when he got here.
He Was A Great Human Being...
…and I have all the respect in world for the man that he was, but it just didn’t work out. And that’s an understatement!
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It's Still A Team Sport...
…Money although obviously Jake would have helped quite a bit. Not only the talent but the leadership he provides. I think people jumped to conclusions because there was SO much hype. What they didn’t realize it that he was a freshman and the next year he was injured early on. Look at the strides he’s made under Sark! He doesn’t look like the same young man.
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That's what I'm saying...
he’s a freak, and if he stayed healthy he could have won 3-5 games with his legs and just the threat of him running, and prolonged the Ty era.
Yeah Like That...
is going to make us feel all warm and fuzzy even you guys were beating us more often than not!
I still contend the 2008 team was at least a 3 win team
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Sark and QBs Who Want To Be Successful In The NFL
I think Sark is one of the best in the entire country if a kid wants to be groomed to be a successful NFL QB. What do you guys think?
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There's no doubt he has an elite clientele so far, but none of those guys (sans Palmer) have even stuck around
It remains to be seen if Jake becomes Sam Bradford or Jevan Snead. I have all the confidence in the world…but JS was supposed to be a surefire first rounder…then he was exposed. Bad.
Sam Bradford?
Correct me if I’m wrong but he hasn’t done anything yet.
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Except get drafted first overall
so that’s something, anyway.
by The Ancient Mariner on Aug 11, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Mariner got it
Snead and Bradford took each others spots over the course of the year. Bradford was a “system” guy and Snead was the prototype…Snead also went undrafted.
Sorry About The...
…punctuation “Whiskey Chainsaw” but I’m typing fast!
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I never was...
…very good at it but if you do it enough, you get pretty good at it.
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Hundley
I guess I had been mulling over his decision and what factors will influence him. Who do you think is better for this Nueheisel or Sark?
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Everyone forgets that Nussmeier is the QB coach..and really who's going to be doing much of the grooming
He’s not slouch either…I think he coached Drew Stanton at MSU. He also was QB coach for the Rams for awhile, but we’ll forgive him for that one.
True, but . . .
it’s the head coach who sets the tone, meaning, decides how and what he wants the QB’s taught. The head coach could just say, do as you see fit. But I’m pretty darn sure Sark is pretty hands on when it comes to the QB’s.
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I have a feeling
We’ll be in the thick of things with 4 games remaining. Player development over the offseason could be a factor and we all know how injuries effect outcomes.
All I saw was purple
First off...
We have to come out on fire to even be in the discussion. If we come out flat to open the season, more importantly when league play begins, we won’t stand a chance of bing mentioned as a contender.
I’m betting we come out with our hair on fire and have a winning record half way thru the long season. At the mid season point is where injuries being to come into play. If we have season ending injuries in key spots, we won’t be a contender. But if we can make it to November with only minor injuries their’s a slim chance we are in the discussion.
All I saw was purple
For my part, probably not this year
We’re not that far away — if things break right, we could have a shot — but there are too many teams that are clearly stronger than us overall, and two of them (USC and UO) will be highly motivated to beat us.
by The Ancient Mariner on Aug 11, 2010 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions
“Expect” to? Probably not expect, but we think it’s certainly possible if things break right. Depending on how the team develops this year, it may be 2011 or 2012 before contending for the conference title is expected.
It’s kind of funny – I think 7 wins would be a pretty realistic expectation, and it would represent tangible progress for the program, but in a way it would feel almost like a let-down. The offense has enough potential and Jake specifically is such a talent that not winning 8-10 games and being in the Rose Bowl hunt into November would feel a little disappointing. I know that to do so will require more progress by the offensive line and a lot of young kids really stepping up in a big way on defense, but it’s not crazy to think both things could happen.
I’d certainly take 7 wins, but I think I’d have a nagging feeling that we left 1-3 more wins out there on the field…
My Apologies...
…we have a lot of repect for the Texas football program but with all due respect your state isn’t anywhere I’d want to live. My sister lived in El Paso, and granted Austin is kind of like an Island in the state, that really could be on the west coast. But the rest of the state is backwards, more like the south. Not only that but as a whole the Pac-10 has much better academic standing then the Big-12. Texas is kind of unique in that respect, excellent University but the rest of the league just isn’t.
I assumed by your comments you were a web-foot they come over here and try to talk smack all the time. You know how short term fame corrupts the mind and all the bandwagon fans come out of the wood work. Trust me when they start losing they’ll go back under their rocks! Or should I say back into their slimy ponds. GO DAWGS!!
Washington Husky Football-"Hear the bark, feel the bite!"
BIG PROBLEMS AT U$C
Dillon Baxter suspended. Nick Perry injured.
Lack of depth is growing. Only one practice with pads per day.
Will they be able to field a team in Hawaii?
Who is going to be the starting QB at Oregon?
Who cares?
Washington Husky Football-"Hear the bark, feel the bite!"
I think their is potential to platoon the QB position at Oregon
Kelly may not name a starter once the season kicks off. He may bring in both QBs for different purposes and utilize both of their strengths in order to strengthen the offense.
All I saw was purple
More important questions:
Who will be the Oregon QB when the starter gets injured in game one and is out for the season?
Who will be the next Oregon QB when the backup gets injured in game two and is out for the season?
Who will be the next Oregon QB when the third string QB gets injured and is out for the season?
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Who will be the next Oregon QB when the fourth string QB gets kicked off the team for stealing a lap top or smoking ganga?
by John Berkowitz on Aug 12, 2010 12:45 PM PDT reply actions
Now that's funny!!!
Here I was being good, and you go make a “Lear” style joke!
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
Glad to know we have our own drug expert on the blog!
I just won’t ask how it is that you are the pothead drug expert.
"Legends are made on the shores of Lake Washington"
"BOW DOWN TO WASHINGTON"
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